Building



R. L. DAY'.

BUlLDING.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1921.

1,420,973, Patented June 27, 1922.

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ROBERT L. DAY, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Bonner L. DAY, residing at In untington, in the county of Cabelland State of Vest l' i-rginia, a citizen 'of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Buildings, of which the following is a specifica tlon.

to building structures, especially dwelling houses, in which blocks, plat-eaor slabs of cement orother plastic material are used for the roof, andas well. for outside walls, partitions, and floors, and my invention has especially to do with the roof construction to the end that the necessary slantor pitch of the roof may be secured while'preserving, as far as the external appearance is concerned, a uniform height of the structure and level ceilings, and incidentally to achieve the advantages of an. artistic design or appearance of the structure; the efficient and secure bonding together of roof structure and side walls; and the utilizas tion of structural elements capable of rapid and otherwise inexpensive manufacture and assemblage or erection by common or unskilled labor and thereby reduce cost. My

invention consists in the construction defined-by or included within'the scope or meaning of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawingsr, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a dwelling house embodying my invention; 35

Fig. 2 is a vertical section from front to rear of the roof and adjacent portions;

Fig: 3 is a'detail' view in perspective of a portion of the coping.

The house shown in the. drawings as an exemplification of my invention is a onestory four-room-and-bath cottage designed with especial reference for use in the coal mining regions, and in constructing the walls, roof, and floor, the reinforced concrete slabs of my Patent No. 1,229,904, June 12, 1917, may be advantageously used and are shown as used in the structure appearing in the drawing, but I do not confine myself to the use ofslabs of my patented construction as my invention as set forth in the claims may be embodied in structures whose roof, wall, and floor members may be otherwise made. The walls of the dwelling shown in the drawings are composed of slabs stood on end in two parallel rows with their ribbed faces innermost to provide an Specification offi'ietters Patent;

More particularly, my invention relates Patented June 217, I922.

. Application filed October. 20, '1921. Serial No; 508,924.

air space within them and with their smooth or plane faces outward: sothat the exterior of the building is smooth and the inner .surfaces of the walls within the rooms are smooth.

The roof, 10, in the building shown in the drawings has its top surface sloping downwards fromfront to back on a gradual incline, but the under surface or ceiling is horizontal or level, which level effect or condition. is secured by tions of the ceiling fromfront to back in lower planes with the junctions between adoining sections occurring over awall as in the case of the junction between the front porch ceiling: and the front roomcei'ling such portions overlapping above the front wall, 11, or, as in the case of the ceilings ofjthe front and back rooms having the junction above the partition wall, 12. Thus though; different portions of the ceiling arein different horizontal planes, the entire; ceiling of each room or compartment is level.

Resting upon the tops of the walls is a coping cap, 13-, which com-prises a horizontal member that rests upon the top surface of the building walls, a vertically extending outer or face member or flange, 14E, which projects above and below the horizontal member, and a downwardly projecting member orfiange, 15'." Said flanges,14=land 15, are spaced apart a distance equal to the thickness of the wall so that the top'portion ofthe latter is snugly embraced thereby and the slabs forming such are held in position by the coping cap, which is of a length greater than the width of the slabs of which the wall is built. The coping cap extends around all sides of the building, and as the top of the outer or face member let, is at the same level or in the same horizontal plane all around the building, which is also true of the bottom edge of such member, a finish is provided on the exterior of the building thatgives a horizontal appearance at or adjacent the roof notwithstanding the slope of the roof from front to back, and to enable the slope to be given, the horizontal me1n ber of the coping cap at the rear wall of the building is in a lower plane than the horizontal member at the front of the building, the planes of such horizontal members being the same as the planes of the ceiling sections contiguous thereto. The outer member or face, 14, may constitute or be a part of a cornice, and if, as shown in the drawings, is

placing successive porthe case, a portion of the roof at the front of the building extends above the horizontal member of the coping cap, there may be a cornice extension, 16, above the same and placed all around the building, such cornice extension being preferably separate from the coping cap and resting upon the top of the latter. The inner flange, 15, of the coping cap is preferably finished off as a molding so as to constitute a mold that appears in the room as a corner finish where wall and ceiling adjoin.

My coping cap is molded or castof cement or other plastic material, and with or without reinforcement as may be found desirable or necessary, it may be given or made into whatever length or size or proportions or configurations of parts or members which judgment of designer or convenience of manufacturer or user may suggest or dictate. Besides being highly useful in bonding the wall elements to which it is applied; in forming or providing a support for the roof by which the desired slope of the roof is secured while a horizontal ceiling is maintained; and in forming a support for and means of attachment of cornice-like panels, it enables an artistic appearance to be given the structure, andall with a minimum expense in manufacture and erection.

It will be understood that the roof in the case shown in the drawings is formed of slabs, such as those of my before mentioned patent, placed with the ribs uppermost and then covered with a layer of concrete or other material having some desired roof finish applied, the upper surface of the .concrete and finish being given the desired slope.

Where partition and division walls occur, a coping is applied to the top thereof with vertical members or flanges of the proper height and configuration to form a cornicelike finish matching that on the inside of the side walls which results from the coping caps applied to the side walls.

It will be seen that by the employment of coping caps in accordance with my invention, the rapid and eflicient construction or erection of the building can be accomplished, even when common labor is employed, and the appearance of the finished building, notwithstanding the inexpensive construction, is architecturally good and otherwise pleaslng.

What I claim is:

1. A building comprising walls, a coping cap for the tops of such walls comprising a horizontal member and spaced inner and outer vertical members, the tops of the outer vertical member being substantially in the same horizontal plane, and the bottoms of the outer member being substantially in the same horizontal plane, and the horizontal member, at different portions of the building, being at different horizontal planes, and a roof supported upon the horizontal members of the coping caps having a. sloped up per surface with a ceiling surface formed of sections that are indifferent horizontal planes but which are level.

i 2. A building comprising walls, a coping cap for the tops of such walls comprising a horizontal member and spaced inner and outer vertical member, the tops of the outer vertical member being substantially in the same horizontal plane, and the bottoms of. the outermember being substantially in the same horizontal plane, and the horizontal member, at different portions of the building, being at different horizontal planes, and a roof supported upon the horizontal members of the coping caps having a sloped upper surface with a ceiling surface formed of sections that are in different horizontal planes but which are level, and having a cornice-like extension above and supported by said coping cap.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ROBT. L. DAY. 

